Press Releases

Thomson, GA. – On June 27, 2013, at approximately 9:44 AM, the GBI was requested to assist the Thomson Police Department with a bank robbery that occurred at the First Citizens Bank on Main Street in Thomson, GA.

Decatur, GA.– Christopher Shepard and Constance Mason were arrested this morning on charges related to the murder of Alpha Oumar Diallo. The GBI obtained an arrest warrant for Shepard, 28 years old, charging him with one count of murder. An

Sardis, GA. – On June 10, 2013, at approximately 3:00 AM, the GBI was requested to assist the Sardis Police Department with an officer involved shooting that occurred at the Sardis Police Department in Sardis, Burke County, Georgia.

Clarkston, GA. – Shortly after 7:00 AM this morning, a passerby on North Indian Creek Road at the Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus noticed a male body lying in a grassy area approximately 30 feet from the sidewalk.